Palestinian beef shawarma
Partial
Partial (planned, May 15–18, 2025; the exact marinating and cooking durations are not recoverable)
Ingredients
- Meat — 500 g
- Onion juice — 3–4 tablespoons
- Yogurt — 3 tablespoons
- Garlic — 2 medium cloves
- Olive oil — 1 tablespoon
- Apple or white vinegar — 1 tablespoon
- Salt — 1 teaspoon
- Black pepper — 1/2 teaspoon
- Cumin — 1 teaspoon
- Cinnamon — 1/2 teaspoon
- Paprika — 1/2 teaspoon
- Cardamom — 1/4 teaspoon
- Ground ginger — 1/4 teaspoon
- Sumac — 1/2 teaspoon
- Nutmeg — small pinch, exact quantity not given
- Clove — small pinch, exact quantity not given
- Sugar — 1/4 teaspoon
Optional ingredients discussed
- Pomegranate molasses — 1/2 tablespoon
- Amba — 1/2 teaspoon
- Tahini — 1/2 teaspoon
Steps
- Grate or blend onion to extract the juice.
- Combine onion juice, yogurt, garlic, oil, vinegar and spices.
- Coat the meat.
- Marinate.
The exact marinating and cooking durations are not recoverable.
Notes
- Final — planned: Beef or Turkey Shawarma with Onion-Juice Marinade.
- Unclear: Which optional ingredients you used, whether the final meat was beef or turkey, and whether the meal was cooked.
- The archive gives one recipe for beef or turkey and does not say which was used. The turkey version has its own page: Palestinian turkey shawarma.
My decisions
- I wanted a Palestinian-style marinade based on onion juice.
- I had whole cloves, amba, sumac and other Palestinian spices.
- I did not have coriander or anise.
- I subsequently discussed using turkey with the same marinade.
Variations (ideas from the same chat, in order)
- Palestinian chicken shawarma with onion-juice marinade.
- Beef shawarma using a similar approach.
- Beef shawarma with yogurt, onion juice and vinegar.
- Shawarma with pomegranate molasses.
- Shawarma with amba.
- Shawarma with a small amount of tahini.
- Version without coriander or anise.
- Turkey shawarma using the same marinade.
Source: ChatGPT archive (recipes-part-2.pdf), conversation 10, May 15–18, 2025